10 Minute Play Bootcamp Showcase
Join us at 2pm on Saturday August 12 as Essential’s 10-Minute Play Bootcamp dramatically concludes with a public showcase of brand new 10-Minute Plays sure to delight and entertain!
2023
Bare Essentials Play Reading Series
Join us on August 14, 22 and 29 for developmental readings of four new plays. All readings in the Bare Essentials series are free and open to the public. Be sure to stay after for exciting conversation with the director, cast and playwright!
Walk With Me: Loving Steps on the Dementia Journey
written and performed by Carolyn Cook
Two nights only: August 30 and 31, 2023 at 7:30pm
6:30-7:30 pm – Resource Fair; Performance at 7:30 pm
In this autobiographical play, a woman sets out to meet her loved ones with dementia where they are — and returns with a guidebook for fellow travelers.
Covering fifty years in twenty minutes, Walk With Me leads into a discussion about positive caregiving with social worker Anne McSweeney, owner of CEU Creations. Join us for evening of warmth and discovery for families,
Hush Harbor Lab: Yanni Stone and the Honeypot Trap by Anterior Leverett
One night only: August 24, 2023 at 7:30pm
A comedy following writer Lena and her titular character Yanni Stone as Lena completes the daunting task of writing her first play all while navigating dating, sex, and virginity in modern day Atlanta, audiences had the chance to experience an earlier draft of during Synchronicity Theatre’s Stripped Bare Arts Incubator Series in April.
Cast:
Lena, Yanni Stone – Azhane Kennedy
Gran, Dr. Graham, Cobweb 1 – Carlette Jennings
Leo, Jonathan – Kaleb Mitchell
Amber, Woman,
The Wishing Place
World Premiere opens Friday, August 18, 2023
A poetic drama about two families in 1960s rural Georgia, one black and one white, trying to find their path and keep their dreams alive.
Performance Schedule
Thursday August 17 (8pm) Preview performance
Friday August 18 (8pm) Opening Night
Sunday August 20 (7pm)
Monday August 21 (8pm) Industry Night
Saturday August 26 (8pm)
Sunday August 27 (2pm)
Saturday September 2 (8pm)
Sunday September 3 (2pm)
In The Press
World Premiere Of THE WISHING PLACE Opens August 18 At 7Stages
Essential Theatre’s 24th Festival Continues with Beverly Austin’s The Wishing Place
“a lyrical serenade into the lives of two neighboring families in mid-60’s Georgia.”
The Manuscript
World Premiere opens Friday, August 11, 2023
A compelling psychological drama about what we owe to those we’ve lost. Winner of the 2023 Essential Theatre Playwriting Award.
Advisory: Reference to suicide and self-harm
Performance Schedule
Thursday August 10 (8pm) Preview performance
Friday August 11 (8pm) Opening Night
Saturday August 12 (8pm)
Saturday August 19 (8pm)
Sunday August 20 (2pm)
Friday August 25 (8pm)
Sunday August 27 (7pm)
Monday August 28 (8pm) Industry Night
Friday September 1 (8pm)
In The Press
Essential Festival Opens August 11 With World Premiere Of THE MANUSCRIPT
Essential Theatre festival brings Georgia-based plays to the stage through Sept.
